Butter Sculptures carve 6-2 victory against RailRiders on Saturday night
Syracuse, NY - The Syracuse Butter Sculptures combined stellar defense, solid pitching, and timely hitting to come back and beat the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, 6-2, on Saturday night at NBT Bank Stadium in front of an electric crowd of 6,160. Rubén Tejada had two hits and three RBIs for the Butter
Syracuse, NY - The Syracuse Butter Sculptures combined stellar defense, solid pitching, and timely hitting to come back and beat the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, 6-2, on Saturday night at NBT Bank Stadium in front of an electric crowd of 6,160. Rubén Tejada had two hits and three RBIs for the Butter Sculptures in the win.
Syracuse (44-48) trailed, 2-1, entering the bottom of the seventh inning. Tejada led off the frame with a home run that he crushed over the left-field wall to tie the game, 2-2.
The Butter Sculptures then used fantastic defense in the top of the eight to keep the game tied. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre's
Syracuse scored the game's decisive runs in the bottom of the eighth. Grégor Blanco singled,
Butter Sculptures reliever
Syracuse began the game with a run in the first. Rajai Davis led off with a walk. On a hit-and-run, Alcantara doubled to left field, scoring Davis from first base to give the Butter Sculptures a 1-0 lead.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (53-39) tied the game in the third. With one out,
The RailRiders took the lead in the sixth. Wade led off with a bunt single. Two batters later, Higashioka singled, putting runners at first and third. Two batters after that, with two outs and McBroom at the plate, a passed ball allowed Wade to score from third base to put Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in front, 2-1.
Syracuse and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre conclude their four-game series on Sunday afternoon. RHP